#AD5C38#AD5C38

#AD5C38 is a mid, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 56.3% C 0.117 H 43.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AD5C38
RGB	rgb(173, 92, 56)
HSL	hsl(18, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(18, 68%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 46.8%, 67.6%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, 29.91, 34.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 46.03, 49.47°)
OKLab	oklab(56.33% 0.0845 0.0808)
OKLCH	oklch(56.33% 0.117 43.7)
XYZ	xyz(21.7764, 16.8265, 5.8417)
Luminance	0.1682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AD5C38 #3889AD

analogous

#AD384E #AD5C38 #AD9738

triadic

#AD5C38 #38AD5C #5C38AD

tetradic

#AD5C38 #4EAD38 #3889AD #9738AD

square

#AD5C38 #4EAD38 #3889AD #9738AD

split-complementary

#AD5C38 #38AD97 #384EAD

monochromatic

#512B1A #7F4329 #AD5C38 #C97C59 #D8A087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#AD5C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#AD5C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #AD5C38

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AD5C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##AD5C38	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#726734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#867937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD4C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ad5c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(173, 92, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.3% 0.117 43.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb8b70',
    500: '#ad5c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ad5c38;
$custom-light: #cb8b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ad5c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 173,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.462,
    "s": 51.092,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56328,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 43.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AD5C38

secondary

#7FADC2

accent

#AFDB4D

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FAF0EC

border

#D3CBC7

text

#140C07

muted

#837D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AD5C38

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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